hectic
Senso (Inglese)
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- Very busy with activity and confusion.
- (obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
sinonimi
hectic fever
very busy
pyrexial
a consumptive person
febricitant
Frequenza
Con il trattino come
hec‧tic
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈhɛktɪk/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).
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